THE WAR.
COUNTRIES ENGAGED.
Germany
Austria
Turkey
agalust
Britain.
Russia. France.
Belgium, Italy
Jppan Servla
:
Qot. 29-Turkishneval attacks on
Odesan and in the Crimes. Oct. 80-Ool, Marits, robal leader driven out of Cape Colony. Nov, 1 ---- German naval victory
-off the coast of Chili. ཝཱ ཝཱ། ། Nov. 3-German squadron makes
a raid on British coast. Nov. 4-German ordiser Yorck strikes mine in Jude Bay. Nov. 6-England and France de
olare war on Turkey. Dur danellea forta bombarded. Nov. 6-Taingtau surrendera.", Nov. 7 Russians enter East
Prussia;
Nov. 10--The Emden destroyed. Montenegro Nov. 11-Germans capture Dix-
mude.
ARMY TERMS EXPLAINED. Army corps is a complete army on a small sonte in itself. The strength varies from 35,000 to 45,000 men. Division is a fores of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, usually with a strength of trom 25,000 to 20,000 men. Brigade in a force of infantry or
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cavalry. The infantry brigade is from 4,000 to 7,000 strong. The cavalry brigade is from 1,000 to 2,000 strong.. Begiment of infantry is from
2,000 to 4,000 strong. cavalry regiment is from 500 to 1,000 men strong. Squadron of cavalry is from 150
to 200 món atrong: Battery of artillery in the British ed, French armies has 0 gume and about 200 men. In the Grotenen Array consists of 4 guns and 160 men. In the Bassian Army it consists of 8 guns and 250 men
Principal events June 28-Archduke Francis Fer
dinand assassíbated. July 23-Austria sends an alti
matum to Servia.
July 31-Russia orders general
mobilisation.
ug. 14Germany declares war on Russia, French Cabinetordera general mobilisation: Aug. 2- German forces enter
Luxemburg,
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Nov. 10 House of Commogé
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fotes a new army of 1,000,000 | mec. More than 1,100,000. Nov. 23-Russians brand Ger
man corps south of Lodz: Nov. 26-British battleship Bal
wark destroyed by explosion in the Medway Rivar." Dec. 1-German Reichstag votes
new credit of five billion marks. King George visits Flanders:
·
Dec. 2-Austrians occupy Bal
grade. Gen. De Wet captar-
ed:
Dec. 3-Serviana defeat Aus-
trians in three days' battle. Dec. 6-Germans occupy Lods.
HE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20,
U209 rank with all hands. HOTEL LIST
March 20,-Russian Fleet bom-
bards the Bosphorus. Gor- men submarins sinks West African liner Falaban March 31.-Australia offera an
oiber contingent, April 8.-Prinz Eitel Friederich internet in Norfolk Navy Yard, U.S.A.
Hongkong Hotel.
Anderson GE Bunn Mr & Mrs Barcudes D Bala H Murray Harlug JH Bellice, Mrs ER Bouman GC. Boll Bradley J Obostham H
Caffy#K
Dantità gorg
Ciyhtorta
Lewis Mrs Mrs A
Longfield 8
MeMurray D
Markham B
Marriott Dr& Mrs O Mahta BK MraMeNicoll L. D Merecki'J Murdech R
Chay Leang-abi D'Almada Castros
Mr & Mrs Morrison L M D'Almada Castro e Neighbour WR
Mia
Ormiston J D'Almada Castro e Poll D
Master
Pitcher AJ Dowley W A Roar, Mist F
Ray H
April-G.many assumes liabili ty for the sinking of the Americanship William Frye. Anti-Austrian demonstra- tions at Genos. April 10-German Note to
United States complains that Day Miss ME the latter has accomplished Davis Mr & Mrs F nothing by her diplomatic Ehrenfels HC
French Correspondence with. Ailies. E M Official atatement as to ill- | French.
Master. treatment of British prisonera | in Germpay..
E Raed Mrs C
Rolfa Capt PH
Gould MDG Smith
Mr & Mrs E
FM
Dr.
DIRE & Mrs J
Smith W H Smith Mrs A G Mits A | Hindle Mr&Mra
Hannibal Mr & Mrastelnart B
Α
Swaffold HE Teenwissen
April 11-German Sacialists issue Goulbourn V
pros pamphlets: Bishop of
• London visits entire Front, April 18- Nite Yorke Herald:
demands that Count Bern-Hall Capt TP storff should be given his Hewett Hon M
Hodge W passports,
Joseph E M
Jones MT
April 13-Sir John Feachaska for
extra munitions. April 14-M.S. Recard steams
V
A White F W
Voegell HE
E
Joseph 5 M
King
ten miles up the Dardanelles. | Almont Mr R. Fatile Zeppelin raid on Nor. Baie Mrs thumbrian coset.
Black A
Budge
Wilkie J Walter W B Wood GO
Wood Mm RF
Edward Hotel,
Jackson Mr Man W
Joseph J
Loo W D
„Lennox Capt & Mra" T6Lepox
Dec. 8-British naval victory off, April 15-Dutch as. Katnyck Chambers Mr & MrsMontgomery Mr &
balkland Islands,
Dec. 9-Gen. Byers, Boer leader, killed at the Vaal River.
1
Dec. 13-British submarine sinke
the Messudiéhin Dardanellés...) Dec. 15-Austrisos evacuate Bel-
grade.
Dec. 16-German cruisera bom
bard
Scarborough
and
Hartlepool. Dag. 18-Egypt proclaimed a British protectorato. Gen. Botha reports Boer rebellion as at an end, Dec. 20-26-Severe fighting on
Deo. 23-French Chamber votes
the line of the Bzura River.
war credit of £340,000,000.| Dec. 25-British naval and aerial raid againet Cuxhaven. Dec. 28 French occupy St. Goorges, near Nieuport. Aug. 4-England sends altima Jan. 1, 1915-H.M.8. Formidable
many
Jan.
sank in the Channel, tum, demanding observance of Helgian neutrality. Ger- 3-French capture Steinbach. rejecte ultimatum. Jan. 3-4-Russians in decisive Ang 6-England-at war. Aug-Germans enter Liege French invade gouthern Alsace. Aug. 15, Austrians enter Servia,
Japan sends ultimatum to Germany.
Aug. 17.-Britiala land in France. Aug, 19-Beginning of battle of
Lorraine.
Aug.20-Germans enter Brussele. Aug. 23-Germans enter Namur. Aug. 24-British begin retreat!
from Mons.
Aug. 25- French evacuate Mul-
hausen..
Ang. 28-Germana take Longay. ang. 27, Louvain burned by Germans. Japanese block- ado Tsingtau.
Aug. 28-Battle of Heligoland. Sept. 2-German advance reaches
Sealia, French Government moves to Bordeaux. Sept, 3-Russians occupy Lem-
berg.
Sept. 5 Battle of the Marpe
begins.
Sept. 7-Manbonge taken by the
Germans,
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Bapt. 12-German retreat balts
on the 'Aisne.
- Germane Sept. 20
bombard Zheims. Bept. 22-German aubmarine
einka British cruisers Abon kir, Creasy, and Hogue. Sept. 20-Indian troops land at
Marseilles,
Sept. 28-Germans begin siege of
Antwerp.
Oct. 2-Germane defeated "at
Augustowo, Ost. 5-Belgian Government re- moved from Antwerp to Ostead, Oot, 7-Bombardment of Ant-
worp..
Oct. 9-Antwerp occupied by
the Germans.
Oot, 12-A Boer, commando in
the Uspe Province mutiniss.j
viotory over Turks in the Jan. 8French advance across
Onunasue.
Aige, north of Sissons.
Jan. 13-Turks cccupy Tabriz..
*Count Berchtold resigns. Jaa, 19-German air fleet. bom-
barde Yarmouth.
Jan. 21-General Falkenhayn, War Minister,
German resigne," Jan. 24-British naval victory in ...North Sea: the Blucher'sunki Jan, 26-Germans lose heavily a.
Givency and Cuineby. Jan. 31-Germany inaugurates Feb. 3-Germanauxiliary orniser
submarine raids,"
sunk off Patagonis, Feb. 6-Turks attempt to cross
Suez Canal.
Feb. 6-Allies resolve tinnite F.b. 8-Total British cucalties
financial resources.
Feb. 10-Germans execute the
to date 104,000.
Feb. 17-Canadian contingent
rebel Maritz.
lands in France.
Feb, 20-27-Over 10,000 Ger-
Feb. 27.-Allied Fleet enters the
mans surrender in France,'
Dardanelles. Mar. 1-House of Commons votes
supplementary credit of 37 millious and a fresh credit of 250 millions...: March 8.-British aeroplanes
attack Ostend.
March
April
torpedoed without notice. April 18-E. 15 runs asbrre in the Dardanelles, ficers and men made prisonera,
10-Austria's request for food-etals to be allowed to pass through Italy refused. April 20-German Note protest against the scizora, the British, of thes.s. Faklar. Sir John French repadistes German statement that the British had used 'ssphixiating
** gazon.
April 21-Raesian torpedo-boats sink ten Turkish vessels April 22-Turks prevent Italians loaded with manitions.
in Turkey from responding to mobilisation call. Anti-war ricts in Trieste.
April 24-Allies land at points of the Gallipoli incula.
1.
Cheng Mr & Mrs Cleary C. de Cooks FL Cooks, Mis JF
Cooke Masterat M&
JP
Mra Murphy H Nakal R
Newman Mr & Mis Pasimore Mr WC Fearmon HU Perpill A A
Course A Duckworth FF Dutton Mr & Mr Elson W T Foy Mrs A Fotheringham Capt RichardsonMr & Mra
Sylvester Mr B Fritz C
Тапко Н Fyfo AA
Thornton H Geo Mr & Mr Tourtellot Mrs EL
Trada 8
G Soper C H
Bam Mr R A
TM lave E |Hammes Mr& Mra
Hashimoto FR
Hayman H Hoaning A
Underwood Mr &
Mrt JH Wilson R W Young J
Kingsclere Hotel.
Fielder B Forbes Mr & Mrs A Flikins Miss D Forbes A
Fulder BE Hordman A
three Hegeworff- per-Logan W
April 25 - British capture Hill
80.
f
Rawlinson RJ, Robertson Mr &
Mrs J
Suches Mr G
Sheldon Mr & Mr
RD
Shields A L
Singer Mr&Mrs E
Lurbrs J H van GJ Percy Burn Nixon E Q
Wilson M&J
Grand
Hotel,
April 26-Canadians' victory an Allon Mr & Mra
Yprerde General attack to Booth
Anker J.C..
April
sonere.
P
Lobo L Lobo PJ Lowden K Odner, T Parro PFH Reynolds CW
FG
Robertson D
Hule RE Ryan E Smith 3 Thorig HF "Todd W
Veda V D Wright B H
the Dardanelles by land and Collin H rea forces,
Crew A.B Dunrich A 27-French re-capture LeDus Hartmanns weilerkopf. Earl Grant J Kitchener's tatement as
Huat H James in the Lords concerning the Johanson W Germana' ill-treatment of pri-Jones E
Johnson ( Klevjer A April 20-Alter considerable LourG W
opposition, the Allied troops Lookey W. II "establish themselves acros
the end of the Gallipoli peninsula. General Button resigue command of the 21st Division through ill health. Mr. Lloyd Gorge introduces proposals dealing with the Carmic Mr. and Leavell Dr & Mrs driak question,
Arnott Mrs
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The Ordinary Half Yearly meeting of Shareholders will be hold at the Company's Hotel on |Saturday, the 28th August, 1915, at Noon for the purpose of receiv- ing a Statement of Accounts of the Company to the 30th June, 1915 with the Report of the Directors, and to discuss any matter that may be competently brought before the Meeting.
Tho Trasfer Books of the Company will be closed frora 21st to 28th August, 1915 both d-ys inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
J. H. TAGGART,
Acting Ɛecretary. Hongkong, 16th August, 1915.
HONG KONG ICE COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE.
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Dividend Warrants may be obtained on application at the Office of the Company on and after Tuesday, 24th instant.
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April 30.-Further contingent of Campbell Mts W Cartwright II A Australasians disembarks at Cary FW Gallipoli. Respirators suppli-Clare G ed to the army as a safeguard against gas. 2.-Minor sea encounter be- Cousland 4
Darling Col RE tween British" ani Germaans. Felchine Major. British loss the destroyer Fulton Mr & Mrs
Fuller Denman Recruit, and German: woulton destroyers.
| May
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The
'CHIYO MARU."
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"BEN "LINE OF STEAMERS.
T
TICE TO CONSIGNEES.
HE Steamship
*BENVENNE."
From MIDDLESBRO', LONDON & STRAITS,
"ONSIGNEES of Cargo are above named steamer! hereby informed that all having arrived, Consignees of Goods are being landed at their Cargo are hereby notified to send risk into the hazardous and/or in their Bills of Lading for coun-extra hazardous Godowns of the tersignature, and to take im Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf mediate delivery of cargo from and Godown Co., Ltd., whence alongside. Handfor from the wharves delivery
Carro remaining undelivered may be obtained.
March 9-Second Canadian con-appointed Agents for the Cowie Campbell P
The undersignel having been Lingent lands in England. Harbour Coal Co., Ltd. are Oropley L March 3-10.--Four German sab-prepared to quote prices for best Cropley NC
TAMON MARU 'No, "1" marines secounted for.-
quality Silimpopon Coal trim- Davis Mr Mrs B
Cropley C C med into Bunkera at "ebattik or Edwards Key & Mrs Nicol F 10. British capture Sandakan Neuve Chapelle.
From MOJI And KOBE. (British March 14.-German losses at La
North :
Consignees of cargo are hereby Borneo).
informed that all Goods Wild Boll T Silimpopon Coal compares Frith EOH Basses total 10,000 in three fovourably with the better grades Fulcher WC
Spencer GG
being landed at their risk into двув.
Stephens Mr&Mrs H the Godown of the Hongkong & of Japanese Coal and gives good Gordon Mrs
Thom Wm March 14.-The Dresden eunk results on a very moderate con- Hall Mr & Mrs
Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co Thomson J Mc N
on 18th Aurust at noon will be No Claims will be admitted. off Juan Fernandez Island. sumption.
Thomson EJ
Ltd., whence delivery may be landed at Consigness risk and after the Goods have left the Go- Hosbal DrJ
obtained. Maroh 16.-Sir John French Steamers calling at Sebatlik estimates German losses in Of Sandakan exclusively for La Basses region to be 17,000. Bankers) are exempt from pay- Silimpopon Coal (either cargo or Irresistible and Ocean and French battleship Bouret berthed alongside the Companyat
At Sabattik steamers Battle begias on the Vistula.
Bank by floating mines inwharf where there is a minimum Dardenelles, SAW Out 15 Oatend occupied by March 19.-Russiansenter Memel, Spring Tides.
depth of 27 to 28 feet at low water the Germans.. Oct, 18-British oruiser Hawke on Parie, VA DA
Marob 21.-Futile Zoppelia raid ank by German enbmarine, March 22, Przemysl surrenders Dột. 24- Ten days battle be to the Russians.
fore Warsaw ende in German Harob 24. British airmen Buc cefully attack German submarine worksat Hoboken.
Oot. 18- Belgian Government March 18. British battleships ment of all Port charges.
transferred from Ostend to Havro:
· Oct. 14-Alliea occupy Ypres.
Do 2 Russians
reoccupy
Lods and Radom.
11.
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Established A. D. 1880,
Charts of Sibuko Bay,(Sebattik information concerning the Port Barbour) Prices, and al other can be had on application to the RON BTEEL METAL and HARD Agents.
WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale BRADLEY & Co., Ltd. and Retail Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Agents Cowie Harbour Coalkeeper add, Shipchandlers, Nos. 18 and
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Co., Ltd.
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p.m.
No claims will be admitted be taken from the Company's undelivered after the 24th expense, and delivery must then downs, and all Goods remaining af er the Gods have left the Godown. Storage charge will be August will be subject to rent. Steamer or Godowns,
All claims against the steamer undelivered on 24th August at 5 must be presented to the Under- assessed on all goods remaining; All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under- signed on or before the 25th |
aigned on or before the 31st August or they will not be will be effected.
No Fire Insurance whatever August or they will not be recognised.
recognised. All broken, chafed, and dam- after the goods have left the Goods are to be left in the Go- No Claim will be recognised Allbroken,chafed, and damaged aged Goods are to be left in the Steamer or Godown, downs, where they will be ex- Godowne, where they will be All chafe and damaged cargo amined on the 24th August, at examined.
No Fire Insurance has been where they will be examined on
will be landed into the Godown. 11 am Bills of Lading will be counter-No Claims will be recoznised effected. NA MA
No Fire Insurance has been 25th August at 10 am. effected. signed by
if filed after 31st August, 1915,
Anting Agent Hongkong, 17th August, 1915.
OD SNOWMAN & Co, Hongkong 17th August,
Avázentsé
Bills of Lading, will be counter- signed by
GIBB LIVINGSTON &.00.
Hongkong, 17th August, 1915%
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